Allow Anything With Food - Global Centerpiece Enabler

A mod to place anything on tables and have sims eat with their plates on the table, instead of in their hands!

Uumm.. What?
Let's say you have some clutter, you decorate a dining table with it, only to realize that no one can eat normally with it there. Bummer!



- For Maxis objects, there are mods like Centerpiece Enabler, and a more recent one centerEnable_addons I can't find the link for that adds useful things like homework.
- For custom content clutter, you'd have to edit its package for it to allow table use (or put it on an OMSP). But what if you didn't have to?

So, I present to you a global centerpiece enabler mod, in 2 versions.

AllowAnythingWithFood - All
- Allows all objects indiscriminately, essentially eliminates the "allow with food?" check when serving and eating
- Sims will just be able to put a plate on a table, ignoring whatever is placed in its center slot
- It could be a large pizza box or a bulky computer, though, so be careful what you put on your dining tables with this version (not that it breaks anything, only looks weird)

AllowAnythingWithFood - Select
- Allows objects categorized as potted plant, sculpture, lamp, food, dish and any table deco assigned with my tableware setting mod
- Objects that are already enabled as centerpieces in their own code, will be allowed no matter the category
- Tableware_setter is optional and NOT required for this mod to work
- Read below on what to do with objects that don't fall under these categories

Requires Any Pack NL+
You need to have any expansion that came out since Night Life (any pack from Night Life to Mansions)

Conflict Resolving
- Helpers_AssignTablesChairs - let AllowAnythingWithFood load last, and they may be used together
- gummilutt's "Updated Inge Table Counter Controller" (specifically the ijTableControlPatch_WH file) - not compatible, can't use both mods at the same time

May conflict with other mods that override the same resources

Ways To Enable Unaffected Objects
If you went with "select" version, you may find that some objects still block eating/serving, even though they look like plants or small sculptures and you totally took them out of that section of the catalog. That's because their internal category is set to something different. There are 2 ways to fix them.

1. Temporary
Pull out the tableware setting mod from Misc/Misc in Buy mode, click "Set Categories for Dining Decor", and give that object any setting (visible or invisible during any time). Edited clutter then gets recognized as an object allowed with food, and people can serve and eat at the table. The caveat is that it'll only affect that specific object instance on that specific lot, not game wide or permanent at all. Also, this method is only suitable for decorative objects.



2. Permanent
If you have some CC that you often use, you may want to consider editing its package file, in short: add a BHAV named "CT - Allow With Food" that would always return true. Extended tutorial below.



Credits & Thanks
Developers of The Sims 2, SimPE, The Compressorizer, PhotoScape X